Coming Up for Air
by George Orwell

Very British. Very cockney. A jovial, sometimes melancholy, nostalgic novel that almost reads like a stream of consciousness memoir. Not knowing anything about Orwell's upbringing, I wondered if the book was indeed about his own life. In fact, the main character is also named George. But now, as I write these sentences, I see how wrong that assumption was. It is, instead, about an overweight bloke, with a wife and two kids, who sells insurance and who pines over his past. All in all, it was a diverting read that I think is more suited for a British reader.